【英语3级听力】在寒冷的天气里等朋友-Waiting for a Friend in the Cold

It was a cold day. The wind was blowing. He was in his car. He was waiting for his friend. His whole body was shivering¹. He turned on the car's heater². It started heating³ the car. Suddenly, it stopped. He turned it on again, but the heater turned off again. It had stopped working. He was really cold. He had a sweater on. But it was not enough. He forgot to wear his jacket. "How could I warm myself?" he thought to himself. He remembered he had something in his trunk⁴. He opened the car door and stepped out. It was even colder outside his car. There was no one outside. He opened his car trunk. There was a jacket. The jacket was old and smelly⁵. He did not care. It was so cold. He put on the jacket. He went back inside his car. His friend finally arrived.

1 shivering   

adj.颤抖的v.（因寒冷，害怕等）颤抖，哆嗦( shiver的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was shivering with cold. 冻得他哆嗦开了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He was so cold that he kept shivering. 他冻得直哆嗦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 heater   

n.加热器，火炉，加热之人

参考例句：

• If you are hot you can turn the heater down.如果你觉得热，你可以把暖气拧小。
• The heater is on a timer switch.加热器连在一个定时开关上。

3 heating   

n.加热，供暖，暖气装置；adj.加热的，供暖的

参考例句：

• They will install a heating and lighting system in our house.他们将在我们家装上供热供电系统。
• If the pressure is too low,the heating system will act up.如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。

4 trunk   

n.树干，躯干，(汽车后部)行李箱；象鼻

参考例句：

• Put them in the small trunk.把它们装进箱子。
• Parts of the trunk can regrow.部分树干可以再生。

5 smelly   

adj.(口)有臭味的，发出臭气的

参考例句：

• The river was smelly today.今天这条河散发着一股臭味。
• The toilets in that restaurant were horribly smelly.那个餐馆的卫生间气味难闻。